HOUSTON — The Houston Texans (3-5) will try to get back in the win column when the Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) come to town, but they’ll have to do it without their starting quarterback.

Head coach DeMeco Ryans told reporters on Wednesday that C.J. Stroud won’t play following his concussion in the second quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos.

Backup quarterback Davis Mills, who finished Houston’s game against Denver, will get the start.

The Jacksonville game will be Stroud’s first missed game since his rookie season, when he suffered a concussion.

Stroud’s injury

Stroud was injured early in the second quarter of a loss to the Broncos on Sunday. He scrambled for 6 yards and was hit on the shoulder near the end of his slide by Kris Abrams-Draine and the back of his head viol

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